gary wall memorial match, landsend

it hardly seems like 12 months since gary passed away, the days and months seem to be going quicker all the time.
we had 39 turn up so we used speci, match and johns water, with fabio drawing for me i was always going to end up on a flier, and he didnt let me down as he drew 31 for me, he has only been back match fishing for 2 1/2 years and he has drawn this peg 9 times ,7 for himself and now twice for me, what a star .
for company i had the leg end himself andy bryant on 32 and chris davis on 29 so it was never going to be quiet.
i set up a 4x14 rig for soft pellet over micros at 13 mtrs , a margin rig for pellet which i never used , an up in the water rig which i never had a bite on and the normal 4x8 rig for over with a 16 b960 on .16.
at the start i cupped in soaked micros at 13mtrs , some 8,s down the edge and began firing 6,s over to the island , in put a jellied 4mm on the hook and dropped into the now fizzing 13 mtr line and was rewarded with a 6lb carp first drop, i went back out with a 6mm jelly on and began catching skimmers , i stayed on this for the first 2 hours getting odd skimmers plus one f1 and another small carp, i also lost 3 foulers over this line. after 2 hours i went to the far bank and never really looked back catching carp and a couple of chub right to the end, but foulers were a real problem especcially when i put too much in and ended up with to many fish in front of me , but lots of people were fouling , scott puddy opposite lost 25 carp as did mike nicholls on 19 and he isnt really known for over feeding , so who knows.i think i ended up with 21 or 22 carp plus about 20lb of silvers for what i thought would go about 160lb, and bryant had his usual good time ,only losing one lot of laccy today and ending up with 7 carp of which only 2 were in the mouth while the others are booked in at the local vets to undergo reconstuctive surgery on there asses to repair the damage done by his hooks
my net was more than enough today as i weighed 154.11
2nd was anton page with 80.9 off peg 7
3rd bobby gullick 79.2 peg 39
4th mike(i nearly cried cos i,ve lost 25 carp)nicholls with 77.6 peg 19
5th scott lovell 71.6 peg 11
6th tom mangnel 63.7 peg 24
silvers went to alan oram on 36 with 33.10 on peg 36 using chopped worm and caster to the island cover.
now for a little moan. i am getting a pissed off with people not waiting for there winnings ,its not as though i take long to do the weigh ins and payout, some one suggested that i should pay it out to the next in line , i think they would only do it the once